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3-5-2017 M2 check up, XB12 broken throttle shaft

15-6-2017 - 3-5-2017 Buell M2 check up and front seals, Buell XB12 broken throttle shaft repair

nice M2 in for check up

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bike is 1997 ... only 16000 km done so far

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as it had trouble running.. just checking... yep.. i bet the first seals are still in here

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but first the wet stuff... engine oil draining slowly

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but first the wet stuff... engine oil draining slowly

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checlking the primary.. screw heads are almost done.. need to take the lever off

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do not pry open these levers they will break very easy ... with a tire iron and some protection force it off

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hammer and socket just got it , wil lput new screws on

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removing the fuel tank for easy acces to the throttle bodie

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aircleaner off

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and exhaust off to change the gearbox oil

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drain plug gearbox.. above the exhaust

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while the primairy is draining.. top side to get the manifold off

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throttle cables out

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and carb off

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the hard to get bolts ( left side ) intake manifold

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yep.. first ones.. still on.. looking at theme a wonder the bike even run

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heavy deposit on the heads fromt these gaskets

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gear box was drained, so first new oil in

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checking the primairy chain tension

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new bolts for the inspection cover

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and fresh oil filter on

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checking the plugs.. customer told me he changed theme just.. i wonder why he put in DCPR7 ( 6R12 ) a heat grade not really advised

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and for the little they did run the look not good.. i will put in DCPR8 heat grade.. much better

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scraping the heads clean

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the old seals have dry rot and are cracked all around

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with new seals. manifold inplace

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carb back on

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cleaned the breather and mounting it

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broke the choke cable...

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so carb off again

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and choke cable out the carb

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new cable on and screwing it back in

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carb mounted again.. and breather bolts.. .i use a light oil sealing loctite as you can not force these bolts... they break way to easy

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and choke cable mounted

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exhaust back on

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rear wheel / belt check... bought ok. but belt is to tight for my lickings

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wheel nut loose and adjusting the tension

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better , to loose is not good, but to tight is killing

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bike swaped around for the front end

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wheel nut loose

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don't like these covers... hard to see. but bought fork seals are leakings... they are just done by a repair shop ? so what is wrong

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old Pm caliper , bolts and pins to get the brake pads out

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pins are hold in with cotter pins

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wheel out .. bearings are ok.. some rust on the disk from standing still . but that will come off the first km riding

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front fork out.. loosen the headlight bracket

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dust covers... look like they pinced it inbetween the brace and the front legs , could be a cause the seals are leaking.. pushing out the legs to far

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anyway top cap loose

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slider down, and remove the holder disk

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2 14 mm spanners to remove the damer from the rod

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mnnnn o yes could be fun... rounded out damper bolt

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pfffff... it would still come loose after a tap to hammer the allen key in

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dust seal and clips out

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and slide hammer the slider out the lower leg

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these are old model, loose bushings no fun to mount

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no damage to the legs.. so i think the jamming on off the fork brace is responceble for the leaking seals ... new seals in

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damper in

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damper bolt with new crush washer

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a little fideling to get the bolt and damper in correcly

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oil in and top cap on

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1 down 1 to go

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use new crush rings when you do this.. the old ones are knackered

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and leg 2 done .. back on fender on, and i put the dust cover loosly in top , the fork brace fits freely now

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mechanical speedo back in the wheel

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drop off loctite on the threads

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and torqing the caliper bolts

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warming up.. still carb needs a little love... as it will not keep a idle off the choke right now ...

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uly in with broke throttle shaft

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road repair service had a look already...

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ok engine needs to rotate.. to ready top side

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and start striping the lowers

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W-brace loose

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exhaust off

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engine supported and front mount bolt loose

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engine rotated down, and removing the throttle body

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bougth screws accounted for

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and the shaft is not missing any parts

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tps sensor off

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2 ways to remove the butterfly plate.. in this case loosen the screw did work.. outer wise we would need to drill the head off to retrieve the butterfly plat

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easy cleaning now

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all parts acounted for

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cleaned and ready to put the new shaft in

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nice :-)

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c-clip in the tps side

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nylon bushings on and put the shaft in

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now first put the throttle cam on with spring

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than line out the butterfly plate and screw it on with the suplied screws.. use a drop red loctite to secure theme

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check your tps sensor.. as we make the throttle shaft for bought tps positions.. you need to put the pin in your self

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this old style tps so horizontal pin in

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tps sensor on.. press it on a little rotated off, and trun it to the mounting hole ..

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looks like the intake seals where leaking to

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intake back on

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engine back up and bolt to 66 Nm

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exhaust back on

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will mount the straps the nice way

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top side connecting

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setting the tps

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contact... she is running nice again

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will do a small servic e , to , draining the oil

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new filter on, and fresh oil in.. just the rear tyre and she is ready

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